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• Bitcoin Price Hovers Near $84K as Oscillators Throw Cold Water October 1, 2026
  Bitcoin’s price hovered near $83,900 Thursday morning as buyers defended the low-$83,000s while sellers repeatedly knocked back advances into the mid-$84,000s. Thursday’s technical summary still reads bullish, though moving averages are doing nearly all the heavy lifting as oscillators remain decidedly less enthusiastic. 1-Hour Chart: Buyers Fight Back, but $84,360 Blocks the Door The 1-hour […]
  Jamie Redman
• Grayscale: XRP’s Near-6% Bitcoin Valuation Sets a Benchmark for Zcash October 1, 2026
  XRP is valued at nearly 6% of bitcoin’s market capitalization, a level Grayscale cites as context for how far rival digital currencies can grow. Zcash rose from under 0.1% to about 1.5% of bitcoin’s value in a year, and the firm says it has not hit a valuation ceiling. XRP, Zcash, and Litecoin Share Bitcoin’s […]
  Kevin Helms
• Bitcoin Price Holds $83K as Bitfinex Says Leverage Has Cleared September 30, 2026
  Bitcoin calls represent 60.88% of options open interest, while Deribit’s October max-pain level sits near $76,000, below bitcoin’s current $83,719 spot price. Futures exposure totals approximately $53 billion, led by Binance and CME. The market data on Wednesday shows concentrated October call positions, mixed exchange activity, and a substantially smaller CME options book than in […]
  Jamie Redman
• Bitcoin Price Gives Up Gains After Short-Lived Pump to $85.5K September 30, 2026
  Bitcoin pumped above $85,500 on Wednesday morning following the release of lower-than-expected U.S. PCE inflation data for August—but a quick pullback erased most of the gains.   PCE Data Triggers Intraday Volatility Bitcoin’s price briefly spiked to $85,500 on Wednesday before a sell-off nearly erased the gains, leaving the cryptocurrency marginally higher just hours before […]
  Terence Zimwara
• Bitcoin Price Surges Past $85K as Bulls Muscle Back Into the Fight September 30, 2026
  Bitcoin’s price was trading near $84,890 to $85,469 early Wednesday, up 0.4% over 24 hours, as the market continued working through the pullback from September’s $87,374 peak. The larger uptrend remains intact, but the short-term tape has settled into a contest between support around 82,555-83,000 and resistance beginning at $85,500 and higher. BTC’s price surged […]
  Jamie Redman